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This week on the podcast, Lisa Margulies from Planned Parenthood Maine Action Fund joins Cate to break down the serious ...
No original thinking there. After that, Gov. Janet Mills created the Office of Policy Innovation just for her. Was there ever a more accurate job description? As far as I can tell, Pingree ...
Bottles of abortion pills mifepristone (left) and misoprostol at a clinic in Des Moines, Iowa, Sept. 22, 2010. Gov. Janet Mills has signed into law a bill that expands protections for health care ...
Janet Marie (Schlicher) Meckley, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at the age of 88. Preceded in death by son, Keith Meckley ...
a bill that would allow Maine homeowners to raise their sea walls is now headed to Governor Janet Mills' desk. If signed into law, the measure would allow property owners to increase the height of ...
The flower fades but the Word endures. The work continues if we pass it on. Janet Mills is the director of Cassville Pantry, located at 800 W. 10th St. in Cassville. She may be reached at ...
Medical providers and advocates are urging Maine lawmakers to increase MaineCare reimbursement rates to prevent further closures of nursing homes. Over the past decade, more than 50 long term care ...
Advocates say facilities are closing because of staffing shortages, escalating costs, and MaineCare reimbursements rates that aren’t covering people’s costs. Providers say long-term care lost ...
Beginning September 1, 2025, MaineCare will only pay for prescriptions that are from providers who are enrolled with MaineCare. Full or Non-Ordering, Prescribing and Referring Provider (NOPR) ...
Consistent with a directive of the President, Governor Janet Mills has ordered that the United States and the State of Maine flags be lowered to half-staff statewide from 12:01 a.m. to noon on ...
He and first-term Governor Janet Mills, who hired Shah, didn’t know each other all that well. That would change. In December of 2019, Shah says he went to his direct boss, Health and Human Services ...
Six years ago, Gov. Janet Mills traveled to the college to sign a bill aimed at transforming Maine’s market for heat pumps, an environmentally friendly alternative to oil furnaces and gas ...